Thanks a lot for making me aware of the interview.
Yeah, I saw a recent interview with Franzen talking about Wallace's suicide and how he had seen him the summer before when he got to such a dark state.
@BloggerMusicMan In fact, DFW and Franzen were good friends, and Franzen spoke at David's funeral. You might be interested in an interview that Charlie Rose did with Jonathan Franzen, David Foster Wallace, and Mark Leyner together at one table back in 1996. They discuss the future of fiction in the information age.
You have to write, quite literally, for your own amusement, and give no thought to anything outside of that. Just have a little fun with it, and that's enough.
@GMann43 the footage comes from "Le Conversazioni" 2006... a conference of sorts for writers in italy... not sure where to find all of the footage but a lot of clips are on youtube
@annerfan
Thanks a lot for making me aware of the interview.
Yeah, I saw a recent interview with Franzen talking about Wallace's suicide and how he had seen him the summer before when he got to such a dark state.
I wonder what that friendship would've been like.
BloggerMusicMan 8 months ago
@BloggerMusicMan In fact, DFW and Franzen were good friends, and Franzen spoke at David's funeral. You might be interested in an interview that Charlie Rose did with Jonathan Franzen, David Foster Wallace, and Mark Leyner together at one table back in 1996. They discuss the future of fiction in the information age.
annerfan 8 months ago
Is that Jonathan Franzen at 1:02?
Getting two brilliant modern writers in one place is a great idea. I just wish one of them was still alive.
BloggerMusicMan 9 months ago
@CastleRockFan That's a very good point.
Herzog1012 9 months ago
@Herzog1012 Who wouldn't have a crush on Zadie Smith?
CastleRockFan 9 months ago
I get the impression DFW had a crush on Zadie Smith.
Herzog1012 9 months ago
You have to write, quite literally, for your own amusement, and give no thought to anything outside of that. Just have a little fun with it, and that's enough.
cosg9531 10 months ago
3:26 - very cute ;)
DreadedShaman 10 months ago
nice tribute....
Khanniewski 1 year ago
@GMann43 the footage comes from "Le Conversazioni" 2006... a conference of sorts for writers in italy... not sure where to find all of the footage but a lot of clips are on youtube
Khanniewski 1 year ago